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Allah describes a Personality Type in the Quran that will always be fake
Allah describes a Personality Type in the Quran that will always be fake
“And among the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life.” (2:204)
Their words can sound convincing, their manners can seem refined, and their presence can feel trustworthy at first glance.
“And among the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life.” (2:204)
Their words can sound convincing, their manners can seem refined, and their presence can feel trustworthy at first glance.
But internally, there is a disconnect. This type of person is not anchored in sincerity.
Instead, there is ego, inconsistency, and a growing dependence on how others perceive them.
What matters most slowly becomes the image they project, not the truth they carry.
Instead, there is ego, inconsistency, and a growing dependence on how others perceive them.
What matters most slowly becomes the image they project, not the truth they carry.
Even though we're told Europe works, it doesn't work the way they claim or the way it's running. No future with current politics. What's even the slightly functioning social pillar? And what's there to fight for?
This is the whole contradiction for Europeanist parties and for left-leaning pro-EU parties too. As Peter Mair put it in Ruling the Void, European integration hollowed out democracy without replacing it with anything people would die for.
And what's the latest achievement? Gaza. European leaders fall over themselves condemning one side while arming the other. That's not peace. That's hypocrisy with diplomatic cover.
Seven capability clusters. Build your deep tech. Keep your IP.
Built where the disciplines meet🧵
Built where the disciplines meet🧵
2/
Compute & Data.
Signal processing. Data infrastructure. Verification and provenance.
First program shipped: EmberGraph Intel.
Compute & Data.
Signal processing. Data infrastructure. Verification and provenance.
First program shipped: EmberGraph Intel.
3/
Robotics & Mechatronics.
Robotic systems. Sensors and actuators. Embedded control.
Computer vision meets a real welding arm.
Robotics & Mechatronics.
Robotic systems. Sensors and actuators. Embedded control.
Computer vision meets a real welding arm.
if you bought every cex listing from jan 2025 you would have lost half your money
median token return was -82%
not great!
median token return was -82%
not great!
tokens launch and then just have consistent unlocks for years
not great!
not great!
some tokens just get straight up rugged in acquisitions
not great!
not great!
🧵 Cox Media heir Fergie Chambers says his job is to move his family’s wealth into revolutionary organizing.
That made him a target for Neville Roy Singham’s network, which tried to bring him into its orbit with plans for what Chambers described as a “second People’s Forum.”
But the relationship blew up over differing views on the necessity of direct action, leading Fergie to start spilling secrets about what he says sits at the center of the entire Singham network, the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
If you want the juicy details of what it’s like to be courted by the Singham network, and why Fergie may have just shown Congress where to investigate next, go read my latest at @CityJournal!
That made him a target for Neville Roy Singham’s network, which tried to bring him into its orbit with plans for what Chambers described as a “second People’s Forum.”
But the relationship blew up over differing views on the necessity of direct action, leading Fergie to start spilling secrets about what he says sits at the center of the entire Singham network, the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
If you want the juicy details of what it’s like to be courted by the Singham network, and why Fergie may have just shown Congress where to investigate next, go read my latest at @CityJournal!
This was an insanely fun piece to write, but it had to be written for readers who may not know every name in the Singham orbit. Click through the links, because Fergie’s tweets are the real treasure map here. Enjoy!
city-journal.org/article/jim-fe…
city-journal.org/article/jim-fe…
Fergie Chambers says the rural “second People’s Forum” was supposed to offer two-week retreats, political schools, and united-front education work. But the project started to look very different once he got closer to it.
He says they realized “they’re all just PSL staff, they’re all funded by the same people,” and that the proposed curriculum was “all PSL cadre classes.” When he suggested bringing people from other organizations onto the board, he says they told him no.
This experience gets to the question at the center of all Singham network discourse. Is this a loose coalition of allied left-wing groups, or a coordinated infrastructure project built around one party?
Fergie seems to think he got his answer.
He says they realized “they’re all just PSL staff, they’re all funded by the same people,” and that the proposed curriculum was “all PSL cadre classes.” When he suggested bringing people from other organizations onto the board, he says they told him no.
This experience gets to the question at the center of all Singham network discourse. Is this a loose coalition of allied left-wing groups, or a coordinated infrastructure project built around one party?
Fergie seems to think he got his answer.
My hypothesis on the boundaries between body/erotic/sexual expression
Originally I thought it would be possible to use machine vision but I realised how it works now and there is no way to make a clear distinction between the non-sexual body expression and eroticism
Originally I thought it would be possible to use machine vision but I realised how it works now and there is no way to make a clear distinction between the non-sexual body expression and eroticism
First of all if we take an example of body practice A it may be fairly orthodox and break down into 100 different static or flowing movements
Under these circumstances we can look at each one and make a distinction between them, it may be that all 100 are non-sexual
Under these circumstances we can look at each one and make a distinction between them, it may be that all 100 are non-sexual
The key thing is the orthodoxy.
Then if we take a non-orthodox form of body practice like improv-gymnastics it has a set of defined static or flowing movements, but it is an art, so the individual creates the bridges and often invents routines themselves
Then if we take a non-orthodox form of body practice like improv-gymnastics it has a set of defined static or flowing movements, but it is an art, so the individual creates the bridges and often invents routines themselves
🌹Miss Dior: A French Rose of Resistance Against Hatred
In a world flooded with rising antisemitism, where Jewish heritage and heroes are too often erased, remember this luminous thread of courage, elegance, and unbreakable alliance.
Catherine Dior — ⬇️
In a world flooded with rising antisemitism, where Jewish heritage and heroes are too often erased, remember this luminous thread of courage, elegance, and unbreakable alliance.
Catherine Dior — ⬇️
⬇️ Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, tortured, and deported on one of the last trains to Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp, she survived slave labor, death marches, and hell itself. ⬇️
⬇️ Her brother, who in the 1930s ran Paris art galleries championing Jewish artists like Max Jacob and Man Ray (and freely mixed with Jews when it was unpopular), honored her with the iconic Miss Dior perfume in 1947 — a floral burst of joy and memory. ⬇️
Israel pushes north of the Litany River and take Beaufort Castle, a former crusade castle.
They have now given orders for all populations South of the Zahrani River to migrate North, in a major escalation.
They have now given orders for all populations South of the Zahrani River to migrate North, in a major escalation.
Israel issues evacuation orders to all Lebanese territory south of the Zahrani River in a major escalation.
Israel has now significantly expanded the scope of its mission. Its now targeting between 30% to 40% of shia territory in South Lebanon.
Israel has now significantly expanded the scope of its mission. Its now targeting between 30% to 40% of shia territory in South Lebanon.
Richard Pipes
Thread with excerpts from Richard Pipes' Property and Freedom (1999).
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Thread with excerpts from Richard Pipes' Property and Freedom (1999).
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Some excerpts from the first two chapters of "Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime"
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Some excerpts from Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime (Pipes)
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1/ Russia's captured and corrupted bureaucracy, which is under the thumb of powerful industrial concerns and complicit politicians, is strangling independent developers of military electronics. Several developers are complaining about the situation. ⬇️
2/ Gagaring Lab, a developer of drone detectors and other military electronics, highlights how the 'People's Military-Industrial Complex' is being throttled:
"China launched a new strategy in February. China wants to be not only the world's factory, but also its laboratory."
"China launched a new strategy in February. China wants to be not only the world's factory, but also its laboratory."
3/ "Programmes have been launched to attract R&D companies to China. In Russian: welcome, developers, we will create the conditions for you. And here, people are worried about developers running away, but not about entire companies running away.
Strange.
Strange.
Earlier this week, Will Smith and I released a new Stimson Center report on the war in Iran as part of the "Is War Worth It?" project.
We examined the stated US objectives, whether the US achieved them, and the costs (direct and indirect) of the conflict.
Our conclusion: the Iran War is worse than a failure. It's a strategic calamity with no notable achievements and potentially trillions in direct and indirect costs to the US and global economy.
Iran’s nuclear capacity is broadly unchanged, its missile force largely intact, its hard-liners empowered, its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz enhanced, and U.S. munitions stockpiles depleted.
How did we come to that conclusion?
We actually took into account how the Trump administration publicly tried to justify the war -- and then took a deep dive look at the costs of the war. stimson.org/2026/is-the-ir…
We examined the stated US objectives, whether the US achieved them, and the costs (direct and indirect) of the conflict.
Our conclusion: the Iran War is worse than a failure. It's a strategic calamity with no notable achievements and potentially trillions in direct and indirect costs to the US and global economy.
Iran’s nuclear capacity is broadly unchanged, its missile force largely intact, its hard-liners empowered, its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz enhanced, and U.S. munitions stockpiles depleted.
How did we come to that conclusion?
We actually took into account how the Trump administration publicly tried to justify the war -- and then took a deep dive look at the costs of the war. stimson.org/2026/is-the-ir…
Trump and his aides laid out four key objectives and one hoped-for outcome of the war:
- Destroy Iran’s Missiles and Raze Their Missile Industry to the Ground
- Ensure That Iran Does Not Obtain A Nuclear Weapon
- Annihilate Iran’s Navy
- Ensure that Iran's Terrorist Proxies Can No Longer Destabilize the Region
- Freedom for Iranians/Regime Change
None of these objectives have been achieved.
- Iran has retained roughly 70% of its prewar missile stockpile and mobile launchers
- U.S. intelligence assessments have judged Iran’s nuclear capacity to be broadly unchanged since last summer
- Iran's naval assets have been severely degraded, but it still maintains the capacity to disrupt ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Iranian regime and its core structures remain intact and are as entrenched as ever. The regime has also continued, and even intensified, its repression.
- Iran's terrorist proxies were weak before the war ... and they are still weakened.
The worst thing about this situation is that most of those objectives are of little consequence and tangential to U.S. national security interests. Even if every goal had been achieved, the positive impact on US national security interests would be marginal at best.
- Destroy Iran’s Missiles and Raze Their Missile Industry to the Ground
- Ensure That Iran Does Not Obtain A Nuclear Weapon
- Annihilate Iran’s Navy
- Ensure that Iran's Terrorist Proxies Can No Longer Destabilize the Region
- Freedom for Iranians/Regime Change
None of these objectives have been achieved.
- Iran has retained roughly 70% of its prewar missile stockpile and mobile launchers
- U.S. intelligence assessments have judged Iran’s nuclear capacity to be broadly unchanged since last summer
- Iran's naval assets have been severely degraded, but it still maintains the capacity to disrupt ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Iranian regime and its core structures remain intact and are as entrenched as ever. The regime has also continued, and even intensified, its repression.
- Iran's terrorist proxies were weak before the war ... and they are still weakened.
The worst thing about this situation is that most of those objectives are of little consequence and tangential to U.S. national security interests. Even if every goal had been achieved, the positive impact on US national security interests would be marginal at best.
Indeed, the key US goal of the war -- and the focal point of cease-fire negotiations -- has changed. It's now about opening the Strait of Hormuz -- an objective that is only necessary because the war began.
